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Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/dani

This Proto-West Germanic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-West Germanic

Etymology

Uncertain; presumably from Proto-Germanic *danją, possibly cognate with Sanskrit धन्वन् (dhánvan, “desert, dry land, beach”),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *dʰén-w-ō. Perhaps also related to Old High German tenar (“flat hand, palm”),[2] however this is disputed.[1]

Noun

*dani n[1]

  1. flat area, floor; smooth surface
  2. pasture for animals, morass; wallowing-hole, slitch
  3. small dale

Inflection
Neuter ja-stem
Singular
Nominative *dani
Genitive *dannjas
Singular Plural
Nominative *dani *dannju
Accusative *dani *dannju
Genitive *dannjas *dannjō
Dative *dannjē *dannjum
Instrumental *dannju *dannjum

Derived terms
  • *dannjōn (possibly)
    • Old English: dennian (“to become slick or slippery”)

Descendants

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2003) “*đanraz”, in A Handbook of Germanic Etymology‎, Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 70: “WGmc *đenjan”
  2. Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Tenne”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 726
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